I'm trying to find this book for a friend, but I don't know the title.
Here is all the information about it that I know:

It's in color
It had pictures of objects turning into other objects
It probably took place in a boy's dream
It's thin, large, and softcover
The cover prominently featured the colours yellow and gold
The boy rides on his blanket which at one point turns into a leaf and
then back into the blanket
There is no text, only illustration

Any information would be greatly appreciated...

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 22 Jan 2003 19:43 PST

Setanor:
 There are several different books which sound very similar to your
friend's book. One of the books is relatively recent (published about
five years ago) while the other book was published 30 years ago.  Do
you have an estimate of when your friend's book was published?

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Clarification of Question by setanor-ga on 23 Jan 2003 11:37 PST

It's definitely older than 5 years, because he remembers reading it
around 1990 or so...

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 23 Jan 2003 23:35 PST

Okay, that date narrows it down a bit. 

Does your friend remember whether the book had any "pop-ups"?

Alternatively, did the boy in the story own a dog?

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Clarification of Question by setanor-ga on 25 Jan 2003 12:52 PST

The book did not have pop-ups. I'll have to ask about the dog...

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Clarification of Question by setanor-ga on 25 Jan 2003 16:43 PST

Also, it seems the boy in this book did not own a dog.

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Request for Question Clarification by googlenut-ga on 25 Jan 2003 17:04 PST

Hello setanor-ga,

Do you think the book might be "The Prince and the Pink Blanket" by
Barbara Brenner?  It was published in 1980.

Here's an abstract of the book from the Children's Picture Book
Database at Miami University (http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks) :

"The prince carries an old pink blanket around with him at all times.
It makes the prince feel safe, brave, and happy to carry the blanket.
The king decides no kids are allowed to carry blankets. The king is
shown a film of when he was a kid and that he too carried a blanket.
Finally, the king allows the children to have their blankets back."

Googlenut

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Clarification of Question by setanor-ga on 26 Jan 2003 19:50 PST

Hmm, nope. He wasn't a prince. Thanks, though.

Hi Setanor!

This sounded so familiar I thought it would just come to me, but
eventually I dug it up.

The book is "Free Fall" by David Wiesner.

Published in 1998, the synopsis reads: "In a wordless story, a young
boy dreams of daring adventures in the company of imaginary creatures
inspired by the things surrounding his bed." (
http://www2.wcoil.com/~ellerbee/cgi-bin/db_search.cgi search wiesner )
 It is also a Caldecott honor award winning book.

You can purchase it for $6.99 on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/068810990X/qid=1043642223/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/002-9612504-8269623

On the amazon record you can see the cover, which has a boy riding a
leaf.

Search Strategy:

To find it, I used this wonderful resource for children's books:

The Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/introduction.html

I then searched for a book published between 1985 and 1995, without
text, and found "Free Fall."

It looks like a wonderful book!

-Torq

Maurice Sendak's "Where The Wild Things Are" comes to mind when you
mention this, but it has text as well as illustrations.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060254920/103-0192800-6477477?vi=glance

Hi,

Used copies of "Free Fall" (starting at $2.75) offered by independent
booksellers, can be found at :

<http://www.bookfinder.com> 
(tick off "Classic Search" for easier comparison shopping)

hummer